The "Export destination" and "Import origin" maps are constructed with data provided by the BACI: International Trade Database. BACI is a global trade database disaggregated at the product level. The original data is sourced from the UN Statistical Division, COMTRADE, and was processed and homogenized by CEPII. The database provides bilateral trade information (both imports and exports) for more than 200 countries.

The tool displays all food commodities traded between countries, both in tons and in US dollars. This allows users to construct customized visualizations of the trade dynamics between countries for different commodities and groups of commodities over time from 1998 to 2014. Users can select a single importer (or exporter) to examine the relationship between individual countries or a range of importers (or exporters) to look at regional or global trends. Similarly, commodities and commodity groups can be analyzed individually or as a whole. The tool can provide a better understanding of how agricultural production, agricultural and food trade, and food consumption respond to changes in trade policies and restrictions.

Export destinations (tons)

Export destinations ($1,000)

Import origins (tons)

Import origins ($1,000)

Disclaimer: Data and information released from here are provided on an "AS IS" basis from data source. Availability of this data and information does not constitute scientific publication. Policies presented in this chart may contain errors or be incomplete.

IFPRI gratefully acknowledges the European Commission (EC) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for their financial support of the Food Security Portal.

About Us

The Food Security Portal, facilitated by IFPRI, aims to provide improved food security for the world's poor and increased resilience of global food systems against food and financial crises. The project brings together international, regional, and country-level data, news, and research aimed at meeting countries' immediate food security needs, as well as building long-term global food security. The open-access project encompasses a global research-based monitoring and capacity-strengthening device for successful identification and implementation of the appropriate policy actions in response to food crises. The Food Security Portal is designed to pool information in structured ways and ensure data quality, timeliness, and relevance, as well as the opportunity for collaboration among policymakers, development professionals, and researchers.